Triphoroidea
| Triphoroidea | |
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| Dorsal view of a shell of Monophorus perversus in the Triphoridae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda Informal group Ptenoglossa |
| Superfamily: | Triphoroidea J.E. Gray, 1847 |
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Triphoroidea is a superfamily of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromollusks within the informal group Ptenoglossa.[1]
Taxonomy
Families and subfamilies within this superfamily are as follows:
- Family Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
- Family Newtoniellidae Korobkov, 1955
- Family Triphoridae J.E. Gray, 1847
- Families brought into synonymy
- Eumetulidae synonym of Newtoniellidae
- Triforidae synonym of Triphoridae
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2).
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